Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Melodrama in one act
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Melodrama in one act
- Instrumentation Soloists (SSATB), Mixed Choir (SATB) and Orchestra
- Composer Pietro Mascagni
- Series Masterpieces of Italian Opera
- Editor Andreas Giger Helen M. Greenwald
- Lyricist Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Guido Menasci
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score (Urtext)
- Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
- Order no. BA7649-01
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Description:
The premiere of Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" in May 1890 is a milestone in the history of opera. It was a huge success, considered the beginning of verismo in opera and was praised for reviving a tradition that had long been felt neglected in Italy. Mascagni had composed the work as a contribution to the second competition for a new one-act opera, which had been announced in 1888 by the Milanese publisher Edoardo Sonzogno.
This story is well known, as is the fact that Mascagni made significant cuts during the preparations for the performance at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. The reasons for this are manifold, affecting all numbers (except "Preludio" and "Intermezzo") and can be divided into three categories: cuts to tighten the tempo, to reduce demanding parts and the transpositions demanded at the last minute by the two main actors, Gemma Bellincioni and Roberto Stagno. All cuts appear in the appendix to the volume "Cavalleria rusticana", the second in the series "Masterpieces of Italian Opera" (MIO).
This story is well known, as is the fact that Mascagni made significant cuts during the preparations for the performance at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. The reasons for this are manifold, affecting all numbers (except "Preludio" and "Intermezzo") and can be divided into three categories: cuts to tighten the tempo, to reduce demanding parts and the transpositions demanded at the last minute by the two main actors, Gemma Bellincioni and Roberto Stagno. All cuts appear in the appendix to the volume "Cavalleria rusticana", the second in the series "Masterpieces of Italian Opera" (MIO).